ROLLED OVER EIGHT TIMES.
WHEN PLANE HIT GROUND. NEW ZEALANDER’S DEATH. (Received 10.55 a.m.) United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 1. At the inquest on the New Zealander, Flying-Officer R. R. Murphy, a verdict of misadventure was returned. An eye-witness, in evidence, said that when the plane hit the ground it- Tolled over eight times. An expert said that Murphy had no time to use the parachute, which failed to open, proba.bly due to the force with which he was catapulted from his seat. The Coroner and jury expressed sympathy with the relatives.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PAHH19340102.2.55
Bibliographic details
Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12537, 2 January 1934, Page 6
Word Count
94ROLLED OVER EIGHT TIMES. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12537, 2 January 1934, Page 6
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Pahiatua Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.